Road-bed



(No Model.)

H. B. PAIN.

ROAD BED.

No. 539,821. Patented May 28, 1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Frist.

HENRY'B. PAIN, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ROAD-BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,821, dated May 28,1895.

Application filed April 23 1894.

Serial No. 508 ,625. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;-

Be it known that I, HENRY B. PAIN, of Kansas City, Jackson county,Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRoad-Beds, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description, reference being which tunneling, forvarious purposes, such as the laying of gas-pipes, water-pipes, dac.,cannot weaken or injure, and also to provide a thorough drainage forsaid road.

With these objects .in view, the invention consists inrits peculiarconstruction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter describedand claimed.

In order that the Vinvention may be fully understood, I will now proceedto describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 represents a sectional perspective view of a road-bedconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectionalperspective view of a road-bed constructedin accordance with myinventionand provided with a double set of trails to receive the vehicle-wheels.Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of a road constructedin accordance with my invention, which extends through a country thesurface of which is irregular or is a succession of hills and holows.

In the said drawings, l designates the concrete foundations, which arearranged so that their vertical and longitudinally parallel centerscorrespond approximately to the distance between the side wheels of avehicle, and these concrete foundations 1 extend downward a suitabledistance, say from two to four feet, and extending longitudinally ofeach foundation and at a lower corner thereof, is a drainpipe 2, of theusual or any preferred construction. Located upon and supported by thesaid concrete foundations, are the stones 3,'

4 the concrete foundations.

Should it be necessary at any time to lay a system of water-pipes orgas-pipes, or an underground conduit of any kind, it will only benecessary to dig a trench to a suitable depth at each side of the roadand connect these trenches by tunneling beneathrthe concretefoundations. It will therefore be understood that these pipes may beplaced in position Without interrupting the traffic upon the road, orinjuring or weakening the road in the slightest degree, as wouldv be thecase were it necessary to lay said pipes across an asphalt or surfacepaved road of any other description. It will also be apparent that theroad would not be injured perceptibly by the action of the wheels ofvehicles, no matcompete successfully with the railroads in carryingproduce to market.

In Fig. 3, I have shown a road provided with a double trail, so thatvehicles may be accommodated when traveling in opposite directions.

Referring to Fig. 4, I show a Ystretch of country which has an irregularsurface, and in order to build my improved road over these irregularsurfaced stretches of country, I will cut through the hills for asuitable distance, as shown at 6, 'and will fill the hollows withordinary rubble-work 7, and the foundation l, extending longitudinallyof saidroad,'and the drains will be supported upon said rubble and theinterposed portions of natural earth.

From the above description, it will be seen that I have produced aroad-bed which is sub- IOO stantial and cheap, which may be easily andexpeditiously constructed, and which will wear indefinitely.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improvement in the construction of road-beds, the same consisting,first, in laying longitudinal and parallel series of concretefoundations at a suitable distance apart, and secondly, in laying uponsaid foundations slabs of hard stone, substantially as set forth.

2. An improvement in the construction of road-beds, consisting, rst, inlaying longitudinal and parallel series of concrete foundations at asuitable distance apart, secondly, in laying upon said foundations slabsof hard stone, and thirdly, in laying drain-pipes in longitudinal seriesat the lower end or bottom HENRY B. PAIN. Witnesses:

G. Y. THORPE, M. R. REMLEY.

